Workshop on strategies to tackle caste and gender discrimination at Beijing +25 regional CSO Forum
Download the flyer as a PDF
Archive | Key Issues
IDSN Participates at UN Global Consultation on Business and Human Rights
Henri Tiphagne, member of the IDSN board, represented IDSN in the Global Consultation on National Human Rights Institutions and access to remedy (Project on the Role of NHRIs in facilitating access to remedy for […]
Dalit women producing leather footwear for global brands suffer serious labour rights abuses
A new report by Homeworkers Worldwide finds Dalit women working in global leather supply chains being subjected to discrimination, insecure work, low wages and labour rights abuses, including sexual harassment.
The report, Due diligence in […]
Seminar on vulnerable workers in global supply chains focusing on caste – Copenhagen 12th November
The Danish Ethical Trading Initiative (DIEH) is hosting an international seminar on the challenges faced by marginalised groups, working under some of the most difficult conditions in global supply chains, discussing how addressing discrimination and injustice […]
Caste discrimination raised at the UN Human Rights Council’s 42nd Session
During the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Contemporary forms of Slavery, Minority Rights Group (MRG) and IDSN delivered a joint statement highlighting some features of slavery today that affect Dalits, in […]
No more silence: Companies must address caste in their global supply chains
Press Release – Ethical Trading Initiative – UK
Remaining silent about caste discrimination in global supply chains is fueling modern slavery, child labour and the exploitation of workers in South Asia, according to new ETI […]
Coming up: IDSN to present at ALNAP 32nd Annual Meeting on priorities in humanitarian action
15-16 October
ALNAP 32nd Annual Meeting
‘Relevant for whom? Responding to diverse perspectives and priorities in humanitarian action’. IDSN will be presenting on the caste-related barriers to disaster relief and prevention in caste-affected countries. Read […]
Landless Dalits, hit hardest by disasters, are last to get relief
Cyclone Fani flattened the entire village of Talamala in Puri district when it made landfall on May 5, 2019. It wrecked homes and destroyed crops mostly cultivated by small farmers. But it inflicted the […]
Caste and Gender Justice event at the UN Human Rights Council
On 25 June 2019, IDSN International Associate IMADR, and others organised a side-event during the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council, on Dalit women and gender justice. The panel was composed of Dubravka […]
#NoCasteLeftBehind at the European Development Days
The European Development Days 2019 brought together over eight thousand participants from all over the world to discuss the theme Addressing inequalities: Building a world which leaves no one behind. At the IDSN #NoCasteLeftBehind […]